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president obama's first administration. >>> this afternoon, during 5:00 eastern hour of "the situation room," before hillary clinton is stepping down as secretary of state, her exit interview takes place here on cnn. see it first today at 5:00 eastern. >>> mississippi river, they are still trying to clean up that oil spill. two barges filled with oil struck a bridge near vicksburg early sunday morning. the tank holding 80,000 gallons of oil and one of the barges started leaking after the collision. the gulf strike team is helping out with the cleanup but the job could get harder because the dangerous weather leaded through the mississippi valley. want to bring in chad meyers looking at this line of thunderstorms moving into the deep south. that's going to happen, what, this afternoon? >> yes, it is. right now these storms are moving at 75 miles per hour. so the significance here is you may not have time to get out of the way unless you already have a plan. and tornado watch means you should have a plan going on right now. there's very cold air to the west. there's very warm air. a summ
president obama's first administration. >>> this afternoon, during 5:00 eastern hour of "the situation room," before hillary clinton is stepping down as secretary of state, her exit interview takes place here on cnn. see it first today at 5:00 eastern. >>> mississippi river, they are still trying to clean up that oil spill. two barges filled with oil struck a bridge near vicksburg early sunday morning. the tank holding 80,000 gallons of oil and one of the barges...
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sat down to talk with "60 minutes" tonight. the president had plenty of nice things to say, but it wasn't so long looking they were -- well, remember this? >> while i was working on the streets you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of walmart. >> you were practicing law and his slum landlord business in inner-city chicago. >> my, how things have changed. they addressed benghazi. >> i sent him there originally. it was a great personal loss to lose him and three other brave americans. but i also have looked back and tried to figure out what we could do so nobody would be in this position again. we also live in a dangerous world. and the people i'm proud to serve and work with in our diplomatic and development personnel ranks, they know it's a dangerous and risky world. we just have to do everything we can to make it as secure as possible for them. >> i think one of the things that humbles you as president, i'm sure hillary feels the same way as secretary of state, you realize all you can do every single day is to figur
sat down to talk with "60 minutes" tonight. the president had plenty of nice things to say, but it wasn't so long looking they were -- well, remember this? >> while i was working on the streets you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of walmart. >> you were practicing law and his slum landlord business in inner-city chicago. >> my, how things have changed. they addressed benghazi. >> i sent him there originally. it was a great personal loss to lose him...
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. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood will be stepping down. we're just learning that info, came from the white house, lahood will remain at the department until a successor is named. he's the only republican still left in president obama's first term cabinet. >>> >>> "talk back" question. obama skeet shooting, on target? executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. with fancy feast morningsereal. gourmet cat food. (announcer) make mornings special, mornings are delicious protein r
. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood will be stepping down. we're just learning that info, came from the white house, lahood will remain at the department until a successor is named. he's the only republican still left in president obama's first term cabinet. >>> >>> "talk back" question. obama skeet shooting, on target? executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent...
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obama and clinton. early on, experts wondered whether their partnership would implode in a very public way. but now, as clinton winds down her time at the administration, she's leaving next week. so we take a closer look at how the parpshtnership started and grew. here is kate bolduan. >> reporter: facing questions together before here in a 2008 presidential debate with cnn's wolf blitzer. >> i don't want to just end the war but end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place. that's the kind of leadership i can provide. >> and, of course -- >> senator clinton, that's a clear swipe at you. >> really? >> back then, it was a very different relationship. in the midst of an already bitter rivalry. >> i was working on those streets, you were a corporate lawyer, sitting on the board of walmart. >> you were practicing law and representing your contributor, resco, in his slum landlord business in inner city chicago. >> reporter: but that relationship quickly changed. i endorse him and throw my full sup
obama and clinton. early on, experts wondered whether their partnership would implode in a very public way. but now, as clinton winds down her time at the administration, she's leaving next week. so we take a closer look at how the parpshtnership started and grew. here is kate bolduan. >> reporter: facing questions together before here in a 2008 presidential debate with cnn's wolf blitzer. >> i don't want to just end the war but end the mind-set that got us into war in the first...
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. >> if you believe in something and you're willing to die for it, that's all it comes down to. >> reporter: as an immigrant brought to this country by his parents when he was 4, the 19-year-old callfies for what is known as deferred action. president obama's policy allows some young immigrants who meet age, education, criminal background requirements to stay in the country temporarily without fear of deportation, but it does not allow them to serve in the armed forces, which is something that arizona resident maria diaz, is also trying to do. >> would you be willing to join the military yourself? and if you aren't, then why would you turn down somebody who is willing to die for a nation that it's all they have known? >> reporter: diaz was brought to the united states when she was 3 years old and has never lived anyone else. as an undocumented immigrant she's ineligible for in-state tuition and is looking for an alternative. >> nearly impossible because the tuition rate was three times more than an in-state student. >> reporter: during his inauguration speech, president obama said one of hi
. >> if you believe in something and you're willing to die for it, that's all it comes down to. >> reporter: as an immigrant brought to this country by his parents when he was 4, the 19-year-old callfies for what is known as deferred action. president obama's policy allows some young immigrants who meet age, education, criminal background requirements to stay in the country temporarily without fear of deportation, but it does not allow them to serve in the armed forces, which is...
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hillary clinton and president obama sat down on "60 minutes" over the weekend. they seemed relaxed and shared laughs. the president called her one of the greatest diplomats in u.s. history. would he endorse her for president in 2016? brianna keilar with more. >> reporter: president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton, once bitter rivals, now allies. >> i consider hillary a strong friend. >> very warm, close. i think there is a sense of understanding that, you know, sometimes doesn't even take words, because we have similar views. >> reporter: rewind five years to their bruising primary battle. >> you're likeable enough. >> thank you so much. >> i'm here, he's not. >> i can't tell who i'm running against sometimes. >> how long did it take to you get over it? >> not as long as people perceive it. >> reporter: took longer for their staffs. not to mention -- >> i think spouses take it much harder. >> reporter: 2016 came up. the president laughed off a question of endorsing hillary clinton. >> you are talking about elections four years from now. >> reporter:
hillary clinton and president obama sat down on "60 minutes" over the weekend. they seemed relaxed and shared laughs. the president called her one of the greatest diplomats in u.s. history. would he endorse her for president in 2016? brianna keilar with more. >> reporter: president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton, once bitter rivals, now allies. >> i consider hillary a strong friend. >> very warm, close. i think there is a sense of understanding that,...
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the answer to your question fundamentally comes down to what happened in and around iraq. john mccain was very much a supporter, you'll remember, a proponent of the military surge that he believed saved the iraq war from getting even worse than it was. at the time, chuck hagel said it was one of the greatest foreign policy blunders since vietnam. it really what is their shared experience, jake, in vietnam, that's what drew them together. that's what sent mccain out to campaign for the first election in 1996. but it was that same experience that tore them apart policywise, on iraq. because hagel, as an enlisted man, thought that war should be the last resort. then you have on the opposite side, mccain who saw war and the vietnam war, as a lesson that we should never give up. and that was what he wanted to do in in iraq. policywise, that's what changed them. friendship-wise, i'm told they just drifted apart. you know john mccain, and chuck hagel when you have a policy that you're so passionate about, it hurts a person as well. >> of course, the fact that he was an enlisted m
the answer to your question fundamentally comes down to what happened in and around iraq. john mccain was very much a supporter, you'll remember, a proponent of the military surge that he believed saved the iraq war from getting even worse than it was. at the time, chuck hagel said it was one of the greatest foreign policy blunders since vietnam. it really what is their shared experience, jake, in vietnam, that's what drew them together. that's what sent mccain out to campaign for the first...
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write that down. on it. charles, what have you got? >> i can't wait until we can line up the gang of eight's immigration plan against the president's plan. this is an issue we have to deal with. it's all in the details. it's not really the big ticket items, it is the down ticket items. >> the big ticket items actually haven't changed from generations ago. >> everybody has to register, but they can't work until they've paid all the fines. >> details, details. >> all that stuff is where it really works out. >> the president has said, as a father, he wouldn't let his children, if he had boys, play football. >> i have two boys, and i have the same debate. i grew up in football culture, friday night lights, small town texas, and i don't know if i'd let my boys play football. >> i've had that discussion with 15 friends of mine about their own sons. >> i just say no. i have two boys. they want to play. i'd say no. >> i have two boys, three fractures, and three titanium plates. >> tomorrow on "starting point," the director of "silver linings p
write that down. on it. charles, what have you got? >> i can't wait until we can line up the gang of eight's immigration plan against the president's plan. this is an issue we have to deal with. it's all in the details. it's not really the big ticket items, it is the down ticket items. >> the big ticket items actually haven't changed from generations ago. >> everybody has to register, but they can't work until they've paid all the fines. >> details, details. >> all...
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>> i can hear all the way down the hall. i'm in the booth, all the way down the hall. i can hear the yelling. it is very exciting. and it will be an emotional thing. this is where she said hello to the staff, and four years ago, and now in the same location she is going to say good-bye. there is a lot of emotion, a lot of stuff this state department has been through, especially over the last few months. so you're going to hear her obviously say thank you, but i think the crowd itself, the staff here, many of whom go out into the field and risk their lives, will be very emotional. >> all right. jill dougherty, let's listen in. >> but none of us will ever forget your extraordinary leadership and each of us will always be deeply proud to say that we served in hillary clinton's state department. and so now it's my great honor to introduce one last time the 67th secretary of state of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton. >> oh -- thank you. thank you. well, just standing here, looking out at all of you, the people i have been honored to serve and lead and wo
>> i can hear all the way down the hall. i'm in the booth, all the way down the hall. i can hear the yelling. it is very exciting. and it will be an emotional thing. this is where she said hello to the staff, and four years ago, and now in the same location she is going to say good-bye. there is a lot of emotion, a lot of stuff this state department has been through, especially over the last few months. so you're going to hear her obviously say thank you, but i think the crowd itself, the...
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stop there. >> all right, rainindra peterso thank you very much. >>> president obama admitting it's been difficult to drum up support for gun control on the other side of the aisle. >> my suspicion is we're seeing more bipartisan discussion on the immigration issue than on the gun issue. i'm actually optimistic that we can get both done. both will end up generating some opposition and some strong opposition. there will be passions on both sides. >> the president's remarks came after the senate judiciary committee held a contentious hearing on gun violence that began with a statement from gabrielle giffords, the former arizona congresswoman who was nearly killed by an assassin's bullet. she told the committee that gun violence is simply claiming too many american lives. >> you must act. be bold. be courageous. americans are counting on you. >> giffords' husband, mark kelly, also testified. so did nra head juan wayne la p and also the chief of baltimore county, the chairman of the national law enforcement partnership to prevent gun violence. he joins us right now. chief, you are reall
stop there. >> all right, rainindra peterso thank you very much. >>> president obama admitting it's been difficult to drum up support for gun control on the other side of the aisle. >> my suspicion is we're seeing more bipartisan discussion on the immigration issue than on the gun issue. i'm actually optimistic that we can get both done. both will end up generating some opposition and some strong opposition. there will be passions on both sides. >> the president's...
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that, there are varying opinions of what county would do if there were federal officials who did come down. part of the issue i look at is as a constitutional issue, we were hoping that we could send this letter to the president obama and ask him if he would do, work with congress and not make executive orders that might counter-man something that was not law, and the law and something that would come from that point would go through congress where it should come through. >> because there is another line in the letter that says that it is pretty tough as well. we are prepared to trade our lives for the preservation of the traditional interpretation. all right. those are strong words. if there is a federal law that says that you have to do something, you are going to obey the law of the united states of america, right? >> that is correct. we would. and that is not the intent of that letter is to say that we would not be within the law. part of tissh the issue as stat every day when there is a discrimination between the state laws and the federal laws, we take it to court. we e -- we indicat
that, there are varying opinions of what county would do if there were federal officials who did come down. part of the issue i look at is as a constitutional issue, we were hoping that we could send this letter to the president obama and ask him if he would do, work with congress and not make executive orders that might counter-man something that was not law, and the law and something that would come from that point would go through congress where it should come through. >> because there...
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and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now -- and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. >>> as president obama throw his support behind an overhaul of u.s. immigration laws, one man has a lot to say on that particular subject. he's bill gates. a couple of years ago, gates testified before congress, saying hiring immigrants at microsoft is the key to its growth and he sat down with our very own christine romans, who joins me live. christine, what is he saying now? >> you know, i told him that looks like the only consensus you get in washington now is about immigration reform. and what would he like to see? does he think it is possible. he said quite frankly this is the best chance for real reform in years. listen, brooke. >> our immigration system makes it very hard for those people to come in. so if somebody is being offered a job here, for over $100,000, there is other jobs created around that job, you don't want to discourage a company from having to put that -- >> do we discourage them? >> absolutely. y
and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now -- and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. >>> as president obama throw his support behind an overhaul of u.s. immigration laws, one man has a lot to say on that particular subject. he's bill gates. a couple of years ago, gates testified before congress, saying hiring immigrants at microsoft is the key to its growth and he sat down with our very own christine romans, who...